It's very much a grey fuzzy logic methodology - with plenty of room for further evolution, extrapolation and interpretation. It also often depends upon typical or ideal deployment and relative positioning as to which category slots in where. The step-up though is often not quite so linear, and each category and pedal's overlap can vary to quite significant degree.
The initial foray into 12 Degrees of Saturation was very much based on the gradual scaling up of gain, aggressiveness, texture and saturation across different pedal families and types therein - where typically those characteristics scaled up across the I to XII categories. Blackhawk Amplification 1 (Fuzzstortion).Redbeard Effects 2 (Fuzzstortion + Rockerverb).MidValleyFX 2 (Fuzzstortion + Die/Rec).LPD Pedals 3 (Vox + Plexi + JCM Brown).DOD / DigiTech HardWire 3 (250/MXR+ + M-Zone +.Boss 6 (Vox + DS-1 + JCMBrown + M-Zone + HM-2).As always though - all choices are valid!Īctually a very similar country run-down - with largely the same players - while Denmark,Israel, Poland, and Russia are new here.īoss very obviously takes the most pedals featured prize - while AMT, DigiTech/DOD, LPD Pedals and REVV do rather well out of this listing! : That was down to some very tough split decisions where I decided in favour of other alternatives. Overall though USA is way ahead of everyone in the total numbers came - although Wampler and Menatone don't figure quite as dominantly here. Boss / Japan are particular strong here as many of the distortion categories are rather synonymous with certain Boss pedals.
The stats are actually very similar to what the breakdown was for the overdrives - which were 73 all-told, across 51 Brands and 14 Countries. Some of these pedals are rare, limited or discontinued - as is ever the case! I hope you take this listing as the previous one was intended too - as much a referencing and benchmarking exercise to help guide you down the best-fit path of pedal acquisition. I determined that the running order of categories was about right - note also that as before these are approximate degrees of incremental saturation as such - while different pedals have different overlaps and some could sit across a number of categories really. I own several varieties in each of the 12 listed categories, and many more from my collection that are not featured on this occasion - where I chose instead to shine a light on some other new and exciting prospect or option. If you feel something has been unfairly or inappropriately left out or wrongly attributed - then by all means inform me such that I can prove or hone my rationale! Obviously these are my specific preferences and favourites as such - you may prefer other varieties - which is all good and well. There’s obviously a tonne of different possible categories, but part of the fun is on imposing limitations and forcing yourself to make some hard decisions.Īs before, a lot of research and follow-up work went into this exercise and I’m mostly convinced that it’s about as good as it can be. Such that Rat fits better within this listing for me, while Big Muff will be in the main listed under the forthcoming Fuzz Edition - even though some of the Fuzzstortion pedals lean towards or derive from Muff circuits.Īs always you will get some deliberate omissions along with one or two oversights, and two of the casualties this time around are my much loved Expandora, HiWatt, and Mostortion categories. I have 3 x 12 categories to play with in all - and then some fuzzy logic on a couple of the groupings. This edition comes rather hot on the heels of the recent 12 Degrees of Overdrive version as many readers’ inquiries questioned a couple of missing categories there - which I explained would rather figure within the Distortion contingent which is present here in all its glory!Īs always, these is some considerable amount of grey science at play here - best typified by the Big Muff and Rat circuits - which are both very much distortions as well as fuzz varieties.
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